Cult of Luna/Isis/Neurosis mix

[atmetal]

This is my latest work and IMO my best. It's my band this time so I think this may be why I put so much time into it.

A fair warning... the song is 14 minutes.

Let me know your opinions

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/864432/Nations/FINALMIX6.mp3

 

[atmetal]

Any criticism will help.

 

[iamandy]

this song is awesome! whats your band called?

did you trigger the kick? snare sounds okay, but i think its abit dry, loud and missing abit of the "crack" factor! apart from when he switches it off, haha

 

[atmetal]

Samples are slate for the most part. the thrown off snare is the real snare, no samples or triggered. just a 57 on top. The snare is a Jones Custom snare.

thanks for the reply for sure.

the name of my band is Nations

www.myspace.com/nationsal

 

[Chris_P_Critter]

epic. i love this.

 

[atmetal]

any more ideas? any opinions?

 

[Jahbulon]

I can't say much for the production because I'm on my iPod and my headphones were recently destroyed so I'm reduced to a shitty pair of phones I found. I liked the song though and that's saying something cause strangely enough I was just listening to "the tide" off of a sun that never sets and listened to your tune the whole way through and enjoyed it.

 

[Harry Hughes]

Snare definitely needs more clarity.
However I can't tell if you were going for an intentionally somewhat sludgy sound, because post metal seems to err on both the "cleaner" production styles and the dirtier, sludgier styles, so it'll be good to know what your actual artistic intent is here.
Ignoring the production aspect, as someone who is a huge fan of the post metal genre, I REALLY fucking dug the song writing. Top notch song man

 

[ze kink]

I liked the song quite much, but I must say that I don't like the snare at all. It's way too boomy and boxy and has no clarity.

 

[Harry Hughes]

So I guess I'm not the only one hearing the snare's lack of clarity.
It really is affecting the lower mids of the mix, so it will be cool to hear that cleaned up a bit

 

[atmetal]

i will go in and try and take some of the boomyness out of the snare but it also has a lot to do with the snare itself. you are mainly hearing the original snare.

when the snare is turned on i have slate samples just for attack, when the snare is turned off it is just a 57 mic'ed on top.

definitely going for a sludgy sound but i think i would agree that i need a little less boomyness in the snare. ill update a track in the next day or so